Both the Oda family and the Miyo family sent cavalry to test each other at a distance of one mile away between the two armies, investigate the other party's formation, and also cover up the formation of their own troops.
"Banbingwei, do you have any opinions on how to arrange the array?" Yu Qiuping himself was not very sure about such a thing, so he turned to ask for help from the Takenaka Shigeji.
"The Vajra Mountains are attached to the left side of the plain. Although it is a plain, it is still bumpy and undulating. There are a large number of hills, which are not suitable for attack. You can set up the small tyrants in Kitanoi here as the left wing." Takenaka Shigejima took a step forward slightly and pointed to the terrain to help Yu Qiuhei explain, "The right side is attached to the Neiya River and the open land around it. Although it is somewhat inconvenient to walk due to the mud, it is better than the road on the left. You can arrange the troops of Kinoshita and His Highness Akechi to set up the formation here as the right wing."
"The terrain of this battle is narrow and it is difficult to carry out large tactical maneuvers. The victory or defeat on the front battlefield depends on the performance of the Central Army. Once the Central Army makes a breakthrough, it can capture the main formation of the opponent's general, which will cause the enemy general to lose the ability to command the troops, cut off the connection between the left and right wings, and destroy the enemy in one fell swoop." After saying this, Shigeji Takenaka bowed to Yu Qiuping and said, "So, please ask Your Highness to lead Chang Panbei to the center himself. This is a perfect strategy."
Meanwhile, one side of Sanhao's house.
"The Vajra Mountains on the right side are not easy to move forward. His Highness Iwasei led 1,000 soldiers from his troops to garrison here as the right wing of our army. The enemy must have suspicious soldiers on this road, so there is no need to get involved." Miyao Yoshihiko looked at the terrain in front of him and made a judgment similar to Shigeji Takenaka.
"I'm sorry to ask His Highness Changyi to lead 1,000 soldiers in his army to take charge of the middle road." However, the next time, Yoshihiro made a change, "His Highness Masako and I led 2,000 soldiers as the left wing and attacked along Neiya River."
"True Xiu wants to set our formation on the left wing?" Sanhao Changyi was a little surprised when he heard this. He touched the white beard on his chin and asked in confusion: "This kind of terrain should be set in the middle lane, and the main force should also attack from the middle lane. Why is this?"
"Your Highness Changyi has not fought with Chang Panbei, so it may not be clear." Miyoshi Yoshiki explained to Miyoshi Changyi, who is of his uncle, very politeness, "Changban has outstanding combat power, and may not be less than Sanqi people, if they face the front, none of us can be an opponent, and this battle will be defeated. However, Yuqiu Hongye has always been cautious and should adopt a safe formation method. Chang Panbei must be in the center, and both the left and right wings are friendly forces with weak combat power. And I am planning to use the main force to raid along the Neiya River, quickly break the enemy's right wing, and then sweep the central battlefield."
"It's just that Chang Pan's number of troops prepared for war is close to 2,000. With His Highness Chang Yi's 1,000 people, it's unlikely to make a difference." Sanhao Zhengkang also had a fight with Chang Pan, and his tenacity and fighting spirit made him feel scared.
"What's the difficulty? Since I followed the First Lord, I have been on the battlefield for more than 30 years, and have seen countless fierce battles of all sizes. Can't I stop 2,000 people with 1,000 people to block 2,000 people for a while?" San Haochang Yi laughed loudly when he heard this, "Zhengkang, don't see me clearly!"
"If necessary, please ask Your Highness Iwasei to send troops to help." After Miyoshi Yoshihiro and Iwasei Tomoto looked at each other, the latter nodded understandingly and said, "Don't worry, go there. With me and Changyi here, the center will be as safe as Mount Tai."
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After the formation of both sides completed, the cavalry that harassed each other in front of the formation slowly retreated to their own army. Yu Qiuping was surprised to find that the horse seal of Miyoshi Yoshi's horse seal was actually inserted into a small hill near the Neiya River, but not in the central army.
"He wants to destroy my right wing before I capture the center." Yu Qiuhei was a little surprised in an instant. Because the right wing of the Oda Army faced the left wing of the Miyo Army as the main force, and his troops were twice as disadvantageous. "What should I do if I have to adjust the deployment?"
"Your Highness does not need to panic. If you follow him to adjust your deployment, you will hit Mihao Jiji's thoughts." Takenaka Shigeji was calm when he saw this situation and analyzed confidently: "The terrain here is narrow, and the horizontal change of formation will only lead to scattered structures, giving Mihao Army an opportunity to take advantage of it. Instead of being led by the nose, it is better to directly break through the Mihao Army's central front. Mihao Jinxiu deployed his troops on the waterside that was not conducive to the development and progress of the troops. After all, it is an opportune. As long as we attack step by step, the initiative is on our side."
"I understand, then I'll send you a command to start an attack on Mihao Changyi's troops immediately." Yu Qiuping waved his hand decisively, and the maple bird horse seal behind him immediately shook quickly, "I'll send you a command to Lord Kinoshita and His Highness Akichi, and ask them to fight to defend the right wing."
Due to the limited production of the Military Industry Department, it was unable to produce enough iron cannons for the entire army. So Yu Qiuping lined up 1,200 people from three companies equipped with 450 iron cannons in a row and rushed towards Miyoshi Changyi's troops. He left two purely spearmen companies of Yoshigang Katsumasa and Ogawa Yutoshi in his hands as a reserve team.
As Tobababe slowly began to move forward, Miyoshi Yoshiken and Miyoshi Masayasu immediately led their troops to launch a fierce attack on Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Akichi Mitsuhide's troops. The battle of Shiki began.
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Yoshinobu Nakamura was a young general of Miyoshi Nagai's troops. He has been following Miyoshi Nagai for many years and is one of the deployments that Miyoshi Nagai trusts the most. In this battle, he was also arranged at the forefront of the formation to resist Chang Panbei's attack. Miyoshi Nagai sent people to instruct them that they must hold on until Miyoshi Yoshi and Miyoshi Masahikara broke through the opponent's right-wing front.
Yoshinobu Nakamura felt that this was not a difficult task. It was also 1,000 to defend 2,000. Can these powerful troops who have been in battle be able to compete with the miscellaneous army of Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Akatsuki Mitsuhide? Moreover, the commander Yu Qiuhei on the opposite side seemed quite cautious, sending only 1,200 people to attack and leaving a full 800 people in his hands as a reserve team. Yoshinobu Nakamura even felt that they did not need to delay at all, but could directly defeat these 1,200 people.
Soon, he felt that this was not the case.
Because Chang Panbei was walking towards them, the team was so neat that it seemed like to cut a tofu chunk with a knife, and there was no sign of any uneven levels. If he remembered correctly, more than half of them were recruits who had just joined the army for two months. How did such a team be trained? Those who don’t know would think this was the Banner Team of Sanhao Changqing.
As Chang Panbei's troops gradually reached a distance of fifty feet from the Sanhao Family Front, the archers of the Sanhao Family bent their bows and arrows, pointing the arrows in an oblique direction of 45 degrees, and then shot them. However, Chang Panbei ignored the arrows and walked forward shoulder to shoulder. Because the commander did not issue a certain command, everyone could not stop - with a little hesitation, there were 30 push-ups on the training ground. They walked forward unshakably with the arrows, as if they were bathed in the spring breeze. The arrow shots from 100 meters away almost did not threaten them in the exquisiteness. A few unlucky guys who were shot on the cheeks and their calves fell down in pain. Chang Panbei behind him immediately made up with a sword step, and there was no slight chaos in the formation.
When the entire army reached a distance of thirty feet from the Sanhao Family Front, a sound of "all-standard" in Chinese was heard, and a whole row of Chang Panbei's foots immediately stood firm. Chang Panbei's training still maintained the old tradition - all Chinese were used as a command. Then, another sound of "Look to the right" sounded, and each foot was facing the rain of arrows like a conditioned reflex, turning its head to the right, and the small steps under its feet quickly adjusted the front line. After a Chinese command of "Look forward", all the foots turned their heads in unison, staring at the Sanhao Army opposite without emotion, making them creepy.
"Such discipline... is this really a recruit?" Nakamura Yoshinobu was completely shocked by the queue change shown by Takababa in front of him. This was a scene he had never seen after fighting for so many years, and his confidence in his heart was ruthlessly destroyed. Many archers in the front row looked at Takababa's front and the red leaves ocean that was blowing in the breeze, and even forgot to shoot. Of course, they didn't know that the two rows in front were the iron artillery soldiers in the army. And those who were picked out by Yu Qiuping as iron artillery were all veterans who followed along, and their queue changes were naturally the most exquisite.
As the command to "preparation" sounded, iron gunners with paper red leaves on their helmets began to load together. After everything was ready, the first row of feet knelt down on one knee, and the second row of feet bounced the iron gun out of their heads. Nearly 450 iron gunners in the two rows, under the rain of arrows, lit the fuse almost at the same time.
"shooting!"
After the command sounded, huge smoke of gunpowder immediately rose from Changbanbei's front, and the command was immediately overwhelmed by the roar of the volley. Yoshinobu Nakamura only saw a bloody flower rising in front of him, and many archers fell down wailingly. Their archers fired several rounds of damage, which was not even as good as the iron gunners' shooting to a closer position. In this round of volleys alone, dozens of archers fell down by Sanhao Changyi's troops.
If you continue to waste like this, it won’t take long for the three long-term archers to be destroyed.
"The iron cannon is so useful." Sanhao Changyi looked at the battle situation and sighed in anger. "The bow and arrow team is so good that it has almost no effect, but no matter what it has, it can basically not stop the iron cannon."
"Damn it, I should have listened to Dongkang at that time, and buy some iron cannons! That child wandered on the sea and had a much higher knowledge than me." Sanhao Changyi took a deep breath and had to order the entire army to pounce on him immediately, ending this undoubted shooting.
Chapter completed!